With two months to go until the midterm elections, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a grand jury must investigate the role of gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach in mishandled voter registrations in the 2016 election. Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State and a big fan of voter suppression, was endorsed by Donald Trump and went on to win an extremely close GOP primary against incumbent governor Jeff Colyer. In 2016, a petition filed by Kansas House candidate Steven Davis asked for an investigation into whether Kobach was involved in “destroying, obstructing, or failing to deliver online voter registration” or was “grossly neglectful with respect to [his] election duties.” His camp says the Davis’ petition references a period of time in 2016 when the online voter registration systems were temporarily malfunctioning. Kobach called the allegations politically motivated. Since then, the petition has bounced around Kansas courts. First, a county judge dismissed the petition. Then, the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed the decision in June. Kobach took the case to the Kansas Supreme Court, who have now ordered the investigation. Kobach has helped enact some of the most oppressive voter laws in the country, under the guise of protecting against voter fraud. His legislation was described by the New York Times as “the nation’s most rigorous voting restrictions.” A federal judge struck down one of his’s voter ID laws. He was also one of the leaders of Trump’s ill-fated electoral fraud commission, which was put together to investigate the president’s bogus… [Read full story]